No worries Kevin! This weekend we're going to slay them! If we use what we learned the last time we were out I have a really good feeeling we're going to have a really good outting. ;D

Big fish, small fish...it's all relative to the size of your tackle! 2lbs. test max k?

Kevin just go out there and catch her with the bait that you feel the most comfortable with.

yea, I can read too... I know what he caught it on

sure a smaller bait WILL catch a bigger fish, hell... my dad and i used a floating crankbait tied to a jig as a buoy marker once and saw it get destroyed by a huge bass just sitting there, many things WILL catch big bass, things you've haven't even considered i'm sure. But if you don't agree that your chances are much greater with a bigger bait, well sorry but you're just dumb, that all there is to it, I tell it like it is.

like it was stated, fatter blades, more distribution of vibrations, it's pretty much common sense when comparing blades if you just lay the different types out next to each other on a table or something.

Good luck, post the picture in a few years when you finally get 'em!

Trevor I think he is talking about the comment above. The only problem is if you call someone out you shouldn't be making similar comments.

"you" was meant in a general sense, not a particular person. I thought it'd be taken that way especially from someone who's met me on numerous accounts, man the internet is serious business... and that's still not calling someone a name, i didn't call anyone a name.

what i said was misconstrued by some.

Easy now!

Let's all take a deep breath. If you have something constructive to add, pleae do. Otherwise, let's move on. Getting hot is uncalled for, especially on this thread.

-Kent  a.k.a. roadwarrior

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haha, i wasn't calling any particular person dumb, Just believing in the idea that the method mentioned doesn't hold true, i've fished with a few people that have commented here.

Easy now!

Let's all take a deep breath. If you have something constructive to add, pleae do. Otherwise, let's move on. Getting hot is uncalled for, especially on this thread.

-Kent a.k.a. roadwarrior

Global Moderator

actually it is titled "frustration"  ;D

Moving on and taking off line...  

      Looks like people are taking things out of text......I know Trevor and I know how he says things. So, some people need to set the purse down and toughen up a little and others buy a new/better scale!

           

like i said, the internet is SERIOUS BUSINESS!

we've been slapping butts when we get big fish for a long time. they do it in football so its manly right? nothing more motivating than getting a "good game" from your fishing partner

One of the long held issue with internet posts and emails and such, it is tough to gauge intent or tone. My natural sarcastic nature has gotten me in plenty of online trouble.  Anyhoo, I would not fret to much of what was said, he already said he was not intending to offend.

As to frustration I feel your pain. I have been trying to figure out the Lake I am fishing for 2 months now. It is a GREAT Bass lake, tons of coves, docks, and other structures to fish around. Just tons of fish in there. I have yet to get a serious LMB out of it. Gotten tons of pan fish, tons of catfish, tons of small White Bass, even caught a snake but LMB, I know they are there, I just cannot seem to get 'em to bite.

Whoa, this thread got sidetracked.

Obviously I agree with Trevor and I didn't read his post as incindiery

Big baits=large fish WAY more often than not and that is a proven fishing technique.

BUT

Another proven technique is to stick with what has worked, don't abandon a pattern. If this fish hit a Mepps spinner, go back and throw that bait if the conditions are similar(although it wouldn't be my first choice, I would take it in the tacklebag). No, I wouldn't expect to catch big fish on an inline spinner very consistently at ALL, but if she hit it once in certain conditions, it obviously looked good to her or made her react and could very well do the same on another day in similar conditions.

What I meant in my first post was that you should DEFINITELY try big baits and they are probably your best bet to tempt this big bass, but I wanted to emphasize that if that doesn't work, don't completely rule out the option of smaller profiles as an approach, because the fish has ALREADY hit one. Who knows why, but she already bit it, and that tells you something, even if it goes against convention or probability. Fish do weird things sometimes.

The big fish is most likely on a big bait pattern, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't plan for another pattern (even if it's puzzling) that you already have knowledge of. There is room to incorporate both if one doesn't work

Whoa, this thread got sidetracked.

Ha, you think so?

Dan, thanks for that insight, I'll be sure to put it and all of the other info i've gathered in this thread into play.   Thanks everyone.